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An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.

Jules Verne

The earth does not need new continents, but new men.
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Country Earth Man Need
Everything is possible for an eccentric, especially when he is English.
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Himself Identity Possible
The sole precoccupation of this learned society was the destruction of humanity for philanthropic reasons and the perfection of weapons as instruments of civilization.
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Civilization Destruction Humanity Instrument Learning Perfection Reason Society Weapon
So is man’s heart. The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of his superiority over all other living creatures here below. It is this which has established his dominion, and this it is which justifies it, over all the world.
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Creature Desire Establishment Heart Man Performance Survive World
All great actions return to God, from whom they are derived.
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Action God Greatness Return
The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.
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Earth Feeling Health Lonely Man Nature Purity Science Sea
Trains, like time and tide, stop for no one.
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Oneself Stop Time Train
Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.
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Civilization Force Law Necessary
The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.
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Chance Last Lost Moments Philosophy Present
Whatever one man is capable of imagining, other men will prove themselves capable of realizing.
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Capability Imagination Man Oneself
While there is life there is hope. I beg to assert…that as long as a man’s heart beats, as long as a man’s flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair.
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Gift Heart Himself Hope Life Man Thinking
Travel enables us to enrich our lives with new experiences, to enjoy and to be educated, to learn respect for foreign cultures, to establish friendships, and above all to contribute to international cooperation and peace throughout the world.
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Culture Education Enjoyment Establishment Experience Friendship Learning Live Ourselves Peace Respect Travel World
On the surface of the ocean, men wage war and destroy each other; but down here, just a few feet beneath the surface, there is a calm and peace, unmolested by man
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Calm Destroy Each Other Man Ocean Peace
What darkness is to you is light is to me.
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Darkness Light Myself Perspective Yourself
Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.
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Best Listening Necessary Oneself Teaching
The human mind delights in grand conceptions of supernatural beings.
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Behaviour Human Mindset Natural

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